Friday, May 9, 2014

Sally Hansen Palm Beach Jellies - "How To" Part 2/3: Watercolor

Yesterday I premiered a mini series in which I am showing different ways to use the Sally Hansen Palm Beach Jellies (or OPI Sheer Tints if you have those instead).

Today, I have a second look using them. This is probably the most popular way: a watercolor mani.


As with most watercolor designs, you'll start off with a white base, then you would typically water down polishes with acetone and layer them on. These polishes don't require any additional work though, since they are so sheer. You just layer them straight over white.

I have used all six (check out yesterday's post for names), and topped it off with a no-name, multi-colored matte glitter polish from Love, Charlotte.




Unfortunately the blue and purple polishes are so sheer you can barely tell they're there, and the three pink family colors look almost identical. Still, these make for a quick and easy watercolor design without the use of extra materials.

Have you tried any of these new "jellies" from either brand? What do you think of them?

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purple_rain · 570 weeks ago

Fun, summer-y mani :)
1 reply · active 570 weeks ago
Thanks!

-NailsLikeLace
i love this mani so much! its so colorful and fun! Perfection <3
1 reply · active 570 weeks ago
Thank you!! ^.^

-NailsLikeLace
ooh i wanna try my sheer tints with glitter now !
3 replies · active 570 weeks ago
That would be neat, they'd probably be cute over glitter too!

-NailsLikeLace
Never mind. I was thinking you meant putting glitter under them instead of over them for some reason. Haha! Well either way would be fun! =P

-NailsLikeLace
hehe
under, over, in the middle... sheer + glitter looks great !
I have the OPI Sheer Tints and I've played with them a bit. I liked layering them over the Zoya Magical Pixies to get new colors, since I only have the first 3 right now. I also did a jelly sandwich with two layers of the purple sheer tint, a layer of glitter, and then 2 more layers of sheer tint. It took FOREVER for all those layers to dry, but it looked really pretty for the few days I wore it. My favorite though, was the watercolor effect like you did, but I stamped a design over it.
1 reply · active 570 weeks ago
Thanks! I never thought to incorporate stamping, that'd probably look awesome too!

-NailsLikeLace
This is such a fun look! I need to get my hands on some sheer polishes :D
1 reply · active 569 weeks ago
Thank you! :)

-NailsLikeLace
Wow, amazing result!
1 reply · active 568 weeks ago
Thank you! :)

-NailsLikeLace

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